My Top 5 Dash Games

I have the day off and I'm too lazy to go out or do anything. Or it's time for bed and I don't feel like sleeping yet. There's nothing good on TV and if I pop on a DVD, I think I'll be asleep before I'll get to finish the movie. Or maybe it's been a stressful day and I just need to clear my mind. In these instances, there is one thing that I automatically do. That is, I turn on my laptop and play a dash game!

For minutes or even hours at a time, I get to be a wedding planner, a waitress, a parking attendant, and even an Apprentice contestant! With the fast click of a mouse, I have to tend to demanding and quirky guests and customers who absolutely have to sit beside certain people or eat a particular meal in a specific order! They're quite impatient and if I don't tend to them fast, they all get red in the face, then immediately leave the venue, and cause me to lose precious points! ;-)

Jojo thinks I'm odd when I describe these Dash games as being "Zen." He finds it quite stressful actually. ;-) In the game, ten or more people ask for something at the same time and it's your job to remember where everything is placed, get the order right, and make sure to quickly serve the dishes before the guest or the customer gets irate! I suppose it can be quite stressful. He has a point there. But I really enjoy these games. When I play, it's like I'm in my own world. Your reflexes have to act quickly and there's no time to think of anything but the game. After a while, when you become a pro at playing these games, you start to develop a strategy, a sort of "rhythm" and you can actually play the game without being really "there." Your mind is allowed to wander and daydream even! And the game just becomes relaxing! You can probably tell I've really thought about this huh? ;-)

Why not take my word for it and give these highly-recommended games a try? Most people find shopping as a stress-reliever. But in these hard times, stress is everywhere and really, who has the money to shop everytime it hits us?

Below are my Top 5 Dash games and where to download them. I've put in feedback from websites to give you an idea of the game. By the way, I've downloaded these games myself. If you have an anti-virus software, there's really nothing to worry about. Enjoy the games and tell me what you think! ;-)

5.) Jane's Hotel 1 and 2
"Assist main game character, a girl named Jane, make her dream come true. You begin with a small two star hotel at the outskirts of Jane’s native town. By carrying out customers’ wishes attentively and quickly, you earn money and achieve excellent reputation. That will help you get another star to your hotel class. Help Jane to make most captious customers happy: choose refined furniture, build a golf course, and please your customers with exquisite drinks and good meals. Don’t forget to have an eye on your customers’ mood, for your goal is to make them want to return to your hotel again and again. You’ll feel great watching Jane transforming her small motel into a five stars extra class hotel. There is a special assistant at your disposal, the chambermaid. She’ll kindly take care of cleaning rooms, changing beds and cherishing flowers, for your customers love natural plants that make the atmosphere pleasant and comfortable. Meanwhile, your main task is to communicate with customers. You have to settle each in their rooms, offer them coffee, discuss latest news, and do everything in your power to keep customers pleased. Great graphic arts, amusing characters, and relaxing soundtrack - everything will please your senses throughout the game. 40 interesting levels, 4 hotels (you begin with a two star hotel and transform it into a five star one), possibility to buy various furniture and services." (http://download.cnet.com/Jane-s-Hotel/3000-7551_4-10759709.html)

Download Jane's Hotel 1 Here
Download Jane's Hotel 2 Here

4.) Parking Dash
"Climb behind the wheel and shift into high gear with the completely original Parking Dash!

Flo made the acquaintance of Karma, a new young friend, who had inherited some property in DinerTown, namely a tiny little blacktop plot behind Flo's Diner. This can cause a serious change in the Karma's life. Initially Karma was going to sell the lot to Mr. Big, but Flo persuade the new friend to organize her own small business of valet parking service.
Click fast as you are racking, tracking, or even stacking cars from every crossing of DinerTown. You have to help Karma clear up the roads. Parking Dash is a perfectly amusing combination of the known and the unusual.

Parking Dash features:

• 2 ParkingDash play modes: story and endless shift
• 50 levels of puzzle parking merriment in 5 new DinerTown places
• New funny upgrades, from doughnut slot machines to car lifts"

(http://www.parking-dash.com/)

Download Parking Dash Here

3.) Burger Dash
"After receiving some strange blueprints in the mail, you build an extraordinary food-making contraption and open a restaurant. Make food and satisfy a variety of customers until you discover the truth behind the mysterious blueprints. Burger Shop has multiple game modes including Story Mode, Challenge Mode and Relax Mode.

• 80 exciting levels!
• 8 different restaurants.
• Over 60 upgrade items."

(http://www.bigfishgames.com/download-games/2178/burger-shop/index.html)Download Burger Shop Here

2.) The Apprentice Los Angeles
"Keep your fingers clicking! The Apprentice Los Angeles is FAST. Better than the usual serve-your-customer game, You lead your team in a fight head-on with another team. Starts with serving sushi in a trendy lookinng Japanese Sushi bar, goes on to making your customer sastified with their experience in your Fashion boutique, and ends with a Scuba shop. Hint: Make sure you stock up your equipments in your Scuba shop otherwise you will be too tied up to serve your demanding customers. Donald Trump expects you to perform like a star. If you don't, you will see him in the most dreaded BOARDROOM, where one of your team member will be fired. The Apprentice: Los Angeles is a fast paced game in a fast paced world. Who will be Trump's next apprentice? You?"

(http://www.pixelparadox.com/arcade_games/the_apprentice_los_angeles_pc_game.htm)

Download The Apprentice Here

1.) Wedding Dash 1 and 2
"Not unlike multitasking through a game of Diner Dash, Wedding Dash challenges Quinn to take care of guests at a wedding reception, including seating them where they want (or don't want), serving them food (appetizers, entrees and dessert), taking gifts from guests and handing them to the bride and groom, bringing song requests to the DJ and taking care of "incidences" such as breaking up a catfight between two bridesmaids, putting out a fire in the kitchen, handling inebriated guests and bringing tissues to Aunt Ethel who can't stop bawling.

Different kinds of guests will arrive, too, such as easygoing ones, social butterflies who work the room and impatient eaters. Quinn better have things under control or else the bride turns into - you guessed it - a fire-breathing Bridezilla! Do well and you'll make some cash and get hired to take care of additional weddings including one in a ballroom, on a cruise ship, in a castle and on an island.

...Before each new wedding, a kind of mini-game has you read a blurb about what the happy couple likes and dislikes and asks you to choose the correct item from three options for bonus points; this includes the kind of food they like (they may love seafood, so you'd pick lobster for the main course), where they'd like to go on a honeymoon (she loves Europe, so you'd select Italy), the kind of wedding cake they'd like, and so on."

(http://www.gamezebo.com/games/wedding-dash/review)


Download Wedding Dash 1 Here
Download Wedding Dash 2 Here